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DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPI?Y OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE."
BENNETTS VIELE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1904.
NO. AA
AN ABSUJRD CLAIM,
Cortelyou Says He will Bag Two Hun
dred and Ninety Votes
BRYAN'S STIRRING CAMPAIGN
In Indiana IB Said to Have Captur
ed Finer ii Thousand Votes
lor Parker and
Davis).
A dispatch from New York snys
managers of the Republican campaign
profess to be so coull dent of Roose
velt's election that they have practi
cally huspended work at national
headquarteis io that city and Chair
man Cortelyou has gone west to spend
meet of the time remaining before the
election at Chicago headquarters. Mr.
Cortelyou bas 1? fe for the west, coin
cidentally claiming 290 electoral votes
for Roosevelt. This statement, it is
said, was based upon a cacvass of the
entire country, lt concedes Parker
151 votes and classes 85 votes as
doubtful. Tlie total electorial vote is
476, so that only 239 are needed fora
majority.
In the Republican claim of 290 elco
toral votes for Roosevelt New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana
are classed as surely Republican. The
doubtful states, from a republican
standpoint, have now been reduced to
eight, namely, Colorado, Delaware,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah,
West Virginia and Wyoming. The
Republicans say that West Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland and Utah are by
no means sure for the Democrats, and
that with the work now being done
there is a good chance of their going
for Roosevelt.
RIDICULES CLAIMS OK lllCrUm.lCANS.
Tammany Leader Murphy made
light of the Republican claim that
they would carry New York. Ile
said the result of Hie two days' regis
tration negatived that claim.
"There was a gain in tho Democra
tic districts and a falling off in the
Republican districts," he said. "What
more do we want? The failing efl in
some of the downtown districts ls ac
counted for by the fact that the peo
ple are moving uptown. The increas
ed registration in the twenty-third ls
distinctly favorable to us on this ac
count. The reported failure of the
independent vote to register I have
not heard much about, but if it ls true
we don't lose anything by it. That
vote has always Leen with the Repub
licans.
Chairman Taggart said that he
never had given out any ligures and
probably would not this year, but he
reiterated his claim that all doubtful
Btates are sure for Parker.
BRYAN'S WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN.
News enmes Ire m Indiana that the
"whirlwind" Bryan tour has had the
ul u'."i ?i"*-*.riUjunn.f.'o.v_hj thoth
parties. The Democrats, Mushed with
hope and newborn confidence of vic
tory, are working as they never work
cd before, and tho Republicans have
been startled into a realization that
there is danger, and they are ou the
alert to sive every vote possible and
conserve the state's support to their
party.
John P. Rein, the Detrocraticnom
inee for governor of Indiana, sajs:
"Bryan is putting fire and force into
this., campaign that we know not of.
He ls more earnest as an advocate for
another's candidacy than he was for
his own. Bryan's audiences in 1890
and 1900-I was with him on both
tours-were large and enthusiastic,
but in neither of those campaign was
he greeted by such enormous crowds
as he had last week.
"I can say without hesitation and
stake all my reputation as a political
Observer o i the statement that Bry
an's tour his determined tue votes
of at least tea thousan 1 men who
were wavering, and 1 believe ho bas
won thousands who had decided to
vote for Rossevelt. "
mu PURCHASABLE: VOTE.
All i ptservcia or political drift
8sy the'i?v aie 20,000 purchaseablc
voters in that stale who are now ready
to talk business. Both Chah man Cor
telyou and Chairman Taggart will
soon be In Indianapolis and it is the
steadfast opinion of those who believo
in conducting campaigns on "business
principles" that tte man who takes
the biggest barrel to Indiana will
land these floaters. George Foster
Peabody, secretary of the dcmccrat'c
national committee, asserts that the
partv will cheerfully go down to
defeat before they will buy a single
vote, and, mi mover, he says the com
mitte has not funds for suth pur
poses. There are increasing signs of
democratic activity. Not only will
Ooah nun Taggart give his personal
attention to the campaign In Indiana,
but more speakers have been assigned
to speak in all doubtful states while
of still greater Importance ls the fact
that Judge Parker will speak twice
before delegations at Esopus Friday
and Sat urday.
BRISK ELECTION BETTING.
Election betting has been slow,
taking the whole country tiver. In
Wall street there is always some
wagering, but there ls little or none
In Chicago. In Indianapolis it ls
diffeient. Nearly every "Poor Man's
?lub" In tho city has a big blackboard
covered with crayon announcements
of amounts and odd:, that may be had
upon application to the man behind
the bar. One of these places offers
over fifteen thousand di liars In va
rious 1 ets, and has already placerla
like amount. The bets are all small,
most of them under ot e hundred doh
.arB, nene over live hundered dollars
Purker money is offered at thirty to
one hundred dollars, and few takers.
Roosevelt at fifty to twenty-live dol
lars is a popular wager and linds
many willing betters. Fven money
is placed and taken on tho IlerncU
nigghn race in New York. One hot
of two hundred dollars even that Par
ker will carry New York has been
made.
But '-he most significant feature of
itali is that no money is offered on
thc rc: ult in Indiana. One of the
mon w io is offering several thousand
dollars in various bets was asked the
reason for this st range omission.
"Too blamed badly mixed for mine.
No coin from these (holding up four
linger!-) goes on any race where there
ain't no sort o' dope at all to smoke
on."
LED THEM IN & TBAP.
V Japanese; Night Attack Resulted
Disastrously to Thc m.
?The Japanese are fond of night at
tacks, which they organizo cleverly.
They light a series of enormous canap
lires at falso bivouac i and then stealth
ily they creep up m the Russian senti
nels who, peering imo the darkness
and bllndol by thc glare, cacnot soe
the Japanese approaching. Or they
take advantage of a rain storm and
try to surprise the Russfaos. On
Tuesday night they adopted both
rus?s, near Mukden but ran into a
hornet's nest. Tho Dlgfct was inky
black, rain was falling aud a cold wind
was blowing.
"A line night for the Japanese"
every one said, and tho Russians hud
dled in the trenches Ind strict orders
given lo thom that il the expeo'ed,
but uninvited guests appeared not to
lire but to meet them with the bayo
net. It was so datk that a pei son
could not see bis banu before his face,
except vaguely. Tarough the iain,
in the dlrectitn of the false ca nip
fires, all eyes were strained ami ear?
listening Intently. Tho wird which
was as cold as ice and cut lo the bones
was suddenly freighted with ominous
s muds, an unmistakable quash in the
mire and squirting of water under the
tramp of hurrying feet accompanied
by the metallic rattle of arms The
Russians stooped lower. The oil! sera
passed along another caution-under
no circumstances to tire, but to meet
the Japanese with bayouet*. On they
came. The Rusdaus could already
see thc silhouettes of tho Japaue.-e
and watched the approach of their
victims with grim satisfaction, their
anxiety being lest same nervous sol
dier might, tire and thus spoil the
game. The Japanese carno un strain
ing their eyes in the darkness, evi
dently believing that the Russians
werj not so close. When they wore
right under their feet, the Russians
lose up as if out cf the ground, and,
with a hurrah, ??idly ?eil upen them
with the bayonet. The ftont ranks
of the Japanese broke, turned and
smashed into the second line, throw
ing the whole force into disorder.
Like a rabble they tried to escape,
but the R ossians gave them no mercy
bayoneting them as they pur tied.
For a mile the work of slaughter pro
cecded and few of the Japanese lived
to carry back thc tale. In the morn
ing tho grouud was strewn with
corpses._
Will Preach.
A dispatch from Rjanoke, Va.,
says James H. Tillmau, the former
lieutenant governor of South Carolina,
who,^whIle in ollice, killed Editor N.
G. Gonzales, in Columbia, has djcided
to enter the Methodist ministry, and
has written a prominent divh.o there
telling him that he has applied to the
Methodist Conference for admission.
3?AO. former Lie.iiJv-.oisnl. unvrtft'O1-. i? ..
uephew of S?natoiiB. R. Tillmau and
the killing of Eiitor Gonzales and the
subsequent trial cf Colonel Tillman
created considerable interest, not only
in Sutith Oat?llna, but throughout
the South. Rev C. P. Currie, a native
of South Caro ina, now a resident of
Missouri, where he is a local M ?tho
dist preacher and who is in that city
assisting Rev. J. C. Brown, a western
evangelist, tn a revival at tireen Mem
orial Methodist Episcopal Church, liai
received a letter from Colonel Till
man telling him of his Intention to
preach. Mr. Currie is a relative of
Colonel Tillman.
I mp ilea tot! White .lian.
Fletcher Watson, a nop. i confined in
the county jail at Gainesville, Fla.,
charged with the murder of Garrett
V. Chamberlain, white, has confessed
the crime and implicated A. G. Lamb,
a promineut merchant of Micauopy.
Watson said f iat he killed Cnainoer
laln because the latter discharged
bira, owing him thiee dollars. Ile
.<ald that Lamb give him a rilla and
told him to shoot Chamberlain or
Chamberlain would shoot bim; that
after the shooting tie ran luto the
store and told Lamb, who said:
''Good thing, If you bad not killed
him he wou'd have killed you. The
law will protect you." Deputy Sher
iff Livingston arrested Lamb st Mi
canopy Thursday and brought him
here Friday. Watson's confession
was secured by John Williams, a pris
oner in the county Jail, who gained
Watson's' confidence, lt, is now in
writing and in the bauds of the elli
ce rs.
Ko un tl in Autfiista,
IO. B. Mullins of Summit, Ga., was
found on the streets of Augusta Fri
day in an unsound mental condition
ard placed under arrest. Ilcha', lei n
mi.-sing two months and detectives
have been trying to si Ive the mystery
of his disappearance fur the life in ur
ance companies willi win m he bud
policies aggregating 828,000. It was
believed that he had been murdered
and a number ot negroes bave been
arrested fr< m time to time suspec t <1
of having had a band in the killing.
When recognized Mullins did not deny
his identity but made a rambling
statement that gave no clue as lo
where lie bad spent ti e pa?t fow
we: ks. Ho is being held until tuc
ari i val of his relativ is.
I 'or a Stolon K lt??.
Whether a stolen kiss ls wm tb 815,
ooo ls the question which will have to
he. decided by a jury In federal court,
which sits hi Cuvh'gtoa, Ky. M
Grant Mitts of Mason Ky., thinks the
is entitled lo that amount for a kiss
which she declares was stolen last
Juno, by J. lt. Alexander, a friend of
hor husband, who made a friendly call
while the husband was not at homo,
and she has brought suit. As a result
of the alleged larceny she declares she
is a nervous wreck, and bas been sub
jected to mueii humiliation and no
toriety. _
IMunw il into Uiver.
In an automobile accident near
Srrlugficld, Ohio. Vernon M Idleton,
brother of George IO. C. Middleton,
was killed outright, Mrs. Wilkins'
arm was broken and Miss Virginia
Hundley was internally injured SO
tad ly she may die. The entire pan y
is from Urbana, Ohio, and had been
out for an all night ride. Their
machine at a high rate of speed,
swerved and plunged over a bridge at
Mad river, seven miles from there,
landing ou a pile of rocks below.
BRIGHT HOPES.
Dem?crata Not the Least Daunted by
Boasts of Republicans.
FINE PROSPECT IN NEW YOEE.
Parker's Popularity and Koosovolt's
Laok of lt Make the Stato
Almost Certain for tho
Democrats.
A dispatch from New York says
Democrats in thc South who are look
ing to New York for political Inspira
tion should be satisfied with the
developments of the campaign from
day to day. Privately tho Republi
can managers admit the probable
defeat of their State ticket, but they
profess to believe that Roosevelt is
popular enough to save himself by the
'skin of his teeth." On the other
hand, the Demo.ratlc leaders at bo: h
State and national headquarters, be
lieve that Parker, as well as Herrick,
will carry the State. Rcossvejt and
Higgins,- they say, are beaton today,
and if the Djmocrats can hold their
own from this time on they will stay
beaten.
The Republicans base their hopes of
capturing t he electoral vote of New
York upon Roosevelt's alleged extra
ordinary popularity, upon their tine
organization, and upen their great
corruption fund. Carrying so big a
stick, lt is true they may go far. But
the New York Democracy ls not
frightened, lt has faced adverse
conditions in the past and won great
victories. It believes the conditions
favorable now, hence, with tood rea
son, expects to win another. To begin
with, Roosevelt's "extraordinary
popularity" In New York has yet to
he demonstrated. He has been before
the people but tl wee, once when he
tau for the assembly In a strong Re
publictn district and gota fair ma
jority, again when he ran ?or Cover
nor and was elected by 17,000 ma
jority. Neither of these achieve
ments stamped him as a very popular
man. Judge Parker on the other
hand, has run for e.thee a number of
tunes and has yet to be defeated. He
ran In every instance but one In a
Republican community.
Under normal conditions New York
is a Democratic State, and this year
thc political conditions are about nor
mal. If there are any abnormal con
ditions they favor the Democrats, rot
the Republicans. For instance, the
Independent vote is believed to be
with the D mocrats to the extent of
75 per cent, or more. Four years ago
at least 00 per cent, of this vote was
Republican, and eight years ago prac
tically all of lt went the same way.
thc Watson vote will not amount to
much in New York. Toe discovery
that Odell is running the Populist
??der?;-''-'" . .?*? .-?pened ,tbc. ?M .>r de
luded l?emocrats~in enc north**.".jare
of the State and the bottom has fallen
out of the movement there, lu some
counties it has been shown that three
fourths of the signers of the Watson
nomination papers are Odell bench
men, and in one county the names of
seventeen of O Jell's officeholders were
on t he papers.
It seems to be thc general opinion
that New York is the pivotal Siate
now, as formerly, and the belief is
growing that as New York goos, SJ
tile country will go. The labor vote
is evidently going to be divided, but
I the trend of organized labor Is toward
the Democracy, lt ls easy to figure
out a Republican victory in the coun
try at large without New York, but
signs multiply that the party which
gets the electoral votes of the Empire
State will have a majority In the elec
toral college. Tills ernies with it
thc implication that the majority in
New York will be large et.ough to
set the pace for Connecticut and New
Jersey, West Virginia aud Indiana
are believed by the best-posted men
at D?mocratie headquarters to be in
sympathy with New York. Mary
land is safe beyond peradventure.
There ls a chance for the Democrats
ni R loda Island, Nevada, Colorado
and Montana continue to send cheer
ing news. All three of these moun
tain States, lt is believed, will cut
loose f.on Republicanism. Wiscon
sin ls the greatest puzzle in the wtole
lot of States. One. thing only Siems
certain, and that is that the Demo
crats will gain three or four Congres
sional district, Including Babcock's.
If the Democrats are true to Peck tic
will be thc next Coven.or of the
State. The State ls claimed for
Roosevelt by a large majority, but
the Republican factional tight has
h,come so bitter that noone can fore
tell to what length one facti ?ii or the
other may go lu au ellort to carry Its
point. That there is not much en
lim.-.?asm for Roosevelt was shown the
other day when ' Uncle Joe" Cannon,
Senator Fairbanks, Congressman Bab
cock, and other Republican orators
addressed an audience of .twenty-two
persons at Piattsmouth, in the heart
Of the zinc region, In a Congressional
district that has given as high as 10,
000 Republican majority.
lu conclusion it may be wei! to say
1 word about thc betting In New
York, which the nawspapers over the
country have advertised extensively.
There has been very little genuine
betting on the general result of the
election. The New York World, af
ter making an investigation, expresses
its belief that not more than $20,000
has bron wagered in this city since
the Presidential nominations were
made. The Evening Post places the
amount at not to exceed $20,000.
The Republican national com
mittee, in conjunction with cer
tain Wall Street sharks Is be
lieved to have conceived the
scheme of fake betting, at big odds
on R osovelt, hoping to create an im
presi?n which would bc o' great help
to to tho committee in Its attempt to
carry the country. Tnore is nothing
in the political situation to warrant
large odds on either candidato. The
profesional bookmakers who wager
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
themselves a id others on Presidential
election0, have not begun business
yet, i or will they for ten divs or two
vv: el s. Th i big sports who have their
own ways of "getting a line on" a po
litical situation, will ba heard from
after registration In this city has bron
ii.m pirie. I and analyzed, and what
they consider reliable pointers have
j
(
bein nceived from up tbe State and
from Iudiana, Counecticit, Now Jer
sey and otber cf tho st called doubtful
States.
At this stage of the campaign of
1892 the odds t n Harrison were three
to one, yet Harrison was snowed un
der.
THE VOTE FOTJ? YEARS AGO.
Tabulated Rot urns from Every State
lu tin- Union.
There are these da vs numerous in
quiries by mail, by wire and by 'phone
whlcb it is fuuud most convenient to
answer by presenting tho following
tab!e. Cut lt out and piste it up for
reference. It will save time for you
and others. It is a list t f the popular
votes f tur years ago as received by the
democntlc and republican candidate*
for president:
States bein. Rep. riurality.
Alabama.. 97,131 55,512 41,019 D
Arkansas.. 81,i42 44,800 -30,342 D
Cal.124,965 KU.T'.J 39 770 R
Col.122.7:5:; 9;?,072 29,001 D
Conn. 7:5,997 102,507 28/>70 R
Del. 18,658 ^2,529 3,071 R
Fla. 2S.OJ7 7,3.4 20,003 1)
Ca. 81,700 3?,03:") 40,0iif> D
Idaho. 29,411 20,997 2,210 D
111.503,001 597,080 94,734 R
Ind.300,584 330,'(?3 20,479 R
Iowa.209,179 3 :~,765 08,006 R
Kansas.102,001 185,055 23 354 R
Kentucky...235,103 227.128 7,975 I)
La. 53.071 14,233 39,438 D
Maine. 30,822 05,435 28,013 R
Maryland ...122,271 130.212 13,911 R
Mass.150.997 238,800 81,809 lt
Midi.211,085 310,259 104,584 R
Minn.112,001 100,401 77,500 R
Miss. 51700 5,753 45,953 D
Mo.351,922 314,0! i2 37.630 D
Montana.... 37,140 25,373 11,773 D
Neb.114,013 121,835 7,822 R
Nev. 0.317 3,840 2.498 D
N. H. 35,489 54,803 19,314 R
N. J.104,808 221,707 50,899 R
N. Y.078,380 621,992 143.000 R
N. C.157,752 133,081 22,071 D
N. Dakota.. 20,519 35,891 15,302 R
Ohio.474,662 ?43,918 (?9.030 R
Ore. 33 3R5 pi.52:; 13,141 R
Penn.421.232 712,005 288,443 R
R. 1. 10,812 33,784 13,917 R
S. 0. 47,230 3,579 43.057 I)
S. Dakota... 39,544 54,530 14,980 fi
Tenn.114,751 121,194 23,557 D
Tex.207,337 121,173 14<?,1I0 D
Ctali. 45,0ii0 47,139 2,133 R
Vermont.... 12,849 42,308 29,719 Ri
Va.140.060 115,60.-, 3',215 D
Wash. 44.833 57,450 12,023 li
W. Va. 98,807 119,829 21,022 R
Wis.159,285 205,600 U.0,571 lt
Wyoming.. 10,104 li.isi 4,318 R
Totals.. .6,358,133 7,207,923
Tne vote for other candidates
amounted to 393,900 votes, dlstrlbu
ted as follow.1: Wooley, prohibition
Ist, 20S.914; Deb-, EOOi?list, 87,814;
Maloney, socialist labor. 39,73?; Bar
ker, middlc-of the-road populist, 50,
373; two other candidates received
about 7,000. Of the popular vote Mc
Kinley received 849,700 m ire thou his
democratic opponent and 450.259 over
;rJ1. tl'i?e Lu ?^T* "pup id ac '\Olio of itl?
candidates was 13.959,053. It is es
timated that the vote this year will
be about 15.000,000.
There were 470 votes in the Elec
toral College, and 239 are uecessary
to a choice for president and vice
president. These 470 votes are dis
tributed among the slates as folio.vs:
Ala.ll Nev. 3
Ark. 9 N. II. 4
Cal.io N.J.12
Col. 5 N. Y.39
Cohn. 7 s. c.12
I ?el. 3 N. Dakota. 4
Fla. 5 Ohio.23
lia.13 Oregon. 4
Idaho. 3 Penn.34
Ul.27 U. 1. 4
Ind.15 S. C. 9
Iowa.13 S. Dakota. 4
Kansas.lt) Tenn.12
Ky.13 Texas.18
La. 9 Flab . 3
Maine. ti Vei mont. 4
Maryland. 8 Virginia.12
M Icli.11 Washington.5
Mass.10 W. Va... 7
Minn.ll Wis.12
M iss.lo Wyomi! g.13
Mo .18 -
Mon. 3 Total.170
Neb. 8
A MYSTERY bULV.fci>
Ity the Death ol' a Woman Who Wa?
RI ordered.
A dispatch frc m Peoria, 111., says
Mrs. Nellie Thomason, wife of a form
er prominent real estate dealer in that
city, ls dead us tile result of injuries
received in a sensational encounter
with Richard and .lennie H'ggins, son
and daughter of .lohn G. ll ggins, a
prominent member oi the board of
supervisors of Peoria et linty and prom
1 ni nt in Republican politics, tn
Saturday last. Young Higgins ls 24
j ears old and Iiis ulster is 20. They
intercepted a 1-1 r written to Higgins,
Sr., by Mrs. Thomason, in which she
asked the Older Higgins to moot her
in Ibo di pot, nf t te Rock Island rail
road in that city. Hi, gins was at St
Louis and his son opened the letter.
Tue missive asked Higgins to lie in
the waiting roora. Winn Mrs. Thom
aso.i arrived she was confronted by
young Higgins and his slht?r. Mr
Tin mas >n is said to have attacked
Higgins with a hat pin, whereupon
Higgins stiuclt lier in the fa e. Later
the woman askel tho ticket agent to
assist her to thc train. He did so and
when sbe was gone di ?covered the lloor
of the waiting room covered with
blood. The woman lingi red in great
agony at her home In L icon mail she
died. Higgins is under arrest on a
state warrant charging him with
murder. The case has created a sen
sation.
Th.? t. Detective William E. Murphy,
who was murdered u ider such sensa
tional circumstances in that city last
.lune, was connected with thc lliggins
Thomason case was a startling devel
opment of the afternoon. It a pps rs
that on the night Murphy was killed
he was shadowing John H. Higgins at
tho Instance of the members of Hig
gins' family. Young Riggings says
that either on that night or on the
following night, Mrs, Thomason called
up tho II gglns residence by telephot.e
and saio:
"Murphy was a good friend of
yours. Weill [Ie got. his tonight.
Kiorans(a fallow detective of Murphy)
is your friend, too. Ho will got his
n xr.." Richard Higgin says that
the family had made frequent efforts
to bro.ik up tho attachment between
the elder Higgins and Mrs. Thoma-on
and bad in vain offered her largo sum 1
i of money.
"131 MEN ARRESTED
1. _
ry
Chargea With the Killing of the
Kegro Prisoner Bookhardt
AT ETJTAWVILLE LA8T BTJMMEE.
Town- ?larabal or the Town and Con
stable o? tho Magistrate Aro
Anions; Those Arrested
lor tho Crime.
The Columbia correspondent of The
News and Courier fays it took real
bull dog tenacity to do anything in
the Eutawville lynching. Just as
soon as Governor Hey ward went over
the case with Solicitor Hildebrand he
real'zed that it would take hard and
delicate work totecure the evidence.
Governor Heyward went into the
case with the full aud fixed determina
tion to see that the law was vindicat
ed and that such a. brutal murder as
that of Kitt Bookhard should not KO
without brlgtngthe culprits to trial.
Solicitor Hildebrand pledged and give
his loyal support. From thc very tirst
it was suspected who wete the men
implicated in thu killing and the sub
sequent throwing of the body into thc
river.
Solicitor Hildebrand knew, but he
plainly told Governor Hey ward that
there was no use togo into the case
without evidence. Governor Hey ward
promptly got Into touch with the Pin
kerton detective agency and has had
that agency persistently at work siLce
he went to work on thc case.
THE PINKERTON MAN.
Mr. F. P. Dem Uo, Jr., who is
assistant superintendent of the
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
of Philadelphia, was placed in charge
of thc case. He is lu charge of this
district and has a force working under
him. The first dilllcult.y was that
Edwards, tho hired man of the
Martins, who had the trouble with
Houkhard, left Eutawville immediate
tely after the killing. Whetcr he
left of his own accord or was made
to leave by those Interested does not
appear, but that was the tiis, serious
hitch and it took patient work to lo
cate Edwards, wlio bad evidently been
spirited away aud was agreeable to
being kept In the backgr und.
At first lt was thought he was in
Savannah, but be was not to be fouud
there and the hunt continued for
months. In the meanwnile every
day of the week and every week of
the m m th there was a detective in or
around Eutawvlllegathering evidence.
They i were not welcome and made
short stays and then were supplanted
oy otl'.er detectives.
Whin it ls known that J. H. Pal
mer, tho town marshal, and S. A.
Eadorr, the. ce astable of thc local
^.Tt?g -..tate 4.> tia? - Penitentiary
wallst chargsd with tho crime, then
the difficulties of the detectives will
ba beater uuderstcol.
The. men wno were wanted In con
nection with the killing of Bookhard
were H. C. Edwards, the young man
with whom Bookhard han the epiarre-1,
Penny Marlin and Ben j. Martin, on
whose place Edwards worked; Ad^er
Huller, who was on the wagon on the
famous fi diing exped? lion; Eldon, the
magi.-.trate's constable, aud Palmer,
the town marshal.
ox THE WAGON.
The two Martins and Duller were
on the wagon when Edwards and
Bookhard bad their quarrel and ex
changed drunken compliments about
spunking each other. Dd wards was
taken in custody several days ago and
has been at thc Penitentiary shice
Sunday, where bois being held as a
material witness for thc State, an t"
ne knows the details of the tragedy
lu which a town marshal and a magis
trate's constable are said bo have fig
ured so prominently.
Governor lievward has toiled and
worked patiently ott the caso, never
once despairing that persistency would
win. Wednesday Dighton his rouim
from th? Lexington Fair he had the
pl-.aMire of receiving a telegram from
.Sherill" Morrison that he was on hi>
way bo Columbia with five pris mers
In the Eutawville case and another
message from Mr. P. P. Demaio, Jr.,
assistant superintendent of Pinker
ton's National Detective Agency of
Philadelphia, that Penny Martin,
Ltenj. Martin, Ad ger Butler, S. A.
10 tdou and J. H. Palmer would reach
Columbia Wednesday night under ar
rest. Even after Hie wat r iots had
been sworn out constables ?rean an
other county had tobo called in to
serve the arre.->t warrants. Tue pris
oners were primarily brought tu Co
lumbia for safe keeping a;.el also to
have a safer place thun the Berkeley
Jail is reputed to bo.
IT WAS NOT K011C1OTTKN.
M.my have thought and said that
the shameful Eutawville lynching
would sink into au unpb asant mem
ory, as so many other similar cases
before it have done. Governor iley
ward, however, felt there was a
chance in this ciso to arrest those
implicated and to get tho evidence
and he grappled with the task with
determination, There was no money
?villi willoh to employ delectlves and
he full well knew that nothing could
be done without eonpetent detectives
in such clicumstmcos, and so he obli
gated himself because he felt tin:
shame of the killing of the helpless
negro and tue necessity for calling a
halt.
The men will bo given a fair and
prompt trial. The arrest of the al
leged Eutawville lynchers mean-, very
muob at this time.
The news that arrests were ex
pected has been known for several
days, but In response tu the request id
the authorities no use was made of
the Inform ilion until thc arrests were
actually made.
A STORY OK TOE CUIMK.
Several days after thc crime was
committed the correspondent had cc
casion to visit Eutawville and at that
time this story was given coneeiitfig
the crime:
"Tile evidence shows that on tho
day before tho Monday on which the
kill ng occurrid Kilt Bookhard, a ne
gro boy, about 21, wont t n a fi liing
r p with two or three Martin broth
ers. Henry C. Edwards and Butler:
Bookhard worked on Ino farm with
the Martins and Edwards and knew
them all well. On the return trip
the crowd got boisterous and offen
sive, and there was talk of "licking,"
and Bookard told Edwards that if he
did not leave him alone he would
spank him. There was no light or
other incident at the time. O a Mon
day Edwards, who was employed by
the Martins, sworo out a warrent be
fore Magistrate Wiggins, and the ne
gro was arrested and tined 95. Magls
trate Wiggins thinking this) the best
oourse to stop the trouble. Bookhard
was sent to thc town Jill, a two-story
frame building in the heart of the
town, and that very night was taken
out, mutilated and killed. ? 55 pound
irou rod was tied to bis body, which
was carted to the Santee River, three
miles away, and thrown in.
THE DODY FOUND.
The negroes suspeoted foul play and
found thu body floating six miles from
where lt bad been thrown into the
river, with the 55-pound welgbt,
brought up by the llo&tlong body, te
whic i it was tied, Instead of keeping
it bilden under the water as was ex
pected.
Several negroes swore that they
identified Bookhard and part of his
clothing was brought into the inquest
and there recogn;z;d. There lias been
some suggest I )n that other holies
have been found in the same' viclnit\
and are caught by a boom in the river
built to catch logs, and that th's
might bo one of such bodies. The re
ports are that the ldentillcatlons were
far to J complete to a/lrftit of such a
.-.tory and that the weight, the^Jjrack
aud all indicate that thc body ls ?Y..>A.
of Bookhard.
There has not been a day since Gov
error Heyward returned from St.
Lr irs that he has not himself known
every move that has been taken in
this case, and there has not been a
day during which something has not
been done. It has been a slow proc?s-,
but the po'icy has been to more slow
ly rather than tu make a stnen play
There will be abiulutely no>Y'let-up"
in tbe case and the laws of the Stat.*
will be enforced. A. K.
AllKIVED IN COLUMBIA.
Ten passengers came Into Columbia
Wednesday night from Eutawvllle.
There were live prisoners, Sherill
Morrison, Superintendent Demaio and
three deputies. They got into three
hacks and went to the Penitentiary,
where the five prisoners were lodged.
This closes the first chapter In the
Eutawville affair, the arresto of the
suspects.
The Martins, Palmer and Eldon all
say they know nothing about the kill
ing of II lokhard and insist upon their
innocence. Sheriff Morrison this morn
lng made all of the arrests with the
assistance of one deputy. The arrests
wire mad J before the deputies from
other placts arrived. He states that
the prltoners all surrendered without
protest.
Barber? and Nc^roe? of Pittsfield,
Mass., in a Kuw.
There ls a reign of terror among
the barbers of Pittsfield, Mass. The
artists of the lather brush are in a
state of mind, a mixture of anger and
dread, because of the persistent pres
euee of a champion of the nogro race,
who, they say, ls a "sure thing
hodo?," a regular "Jonah man."
The negro, who ls Frederick 0.
Gould, of Boston, recently made com
plaint against William H. Frank, a
West street barber, alleging that the
barber refused to shave him. The
barber was ordered to pay 825 damages
and ?") for the court costs. The bar
ber appealed, and thu case ls now
awaiting tho next sitting of the court
Monday.
Gould, with confidence made strone,
because of the decision In his favoi
hy the district c urt Judge, tried the
tonsorial artists again, this time ask
ing Tor the best and latest thing in
the hair-cutting line.
With a white companion for a wit
nois, he entered the shop of John
Gilbert, but finding all the barbers
near sighted and somewhat deaf, he
put Mr. Gilbert's name down In bb
noteb ?ok and the left shop without bi
hair cut.
Next ho tried the Gregory barber
sh ip and was told that all hands wort
busy just then, but that If he would
come around later, say about ll or 12
o'clock at night, they would see what
c old be done for him.
When last foeu Gould's hair was
still untrimmed and his lighting spirit
was'rising, and ho declared he would
camp on the trail of the Pittsfield
barbers until tho call "Next!" is di
rected his way.
The barbers are afraid of losing
their white customers if they accept,
the pat ronage of negroes. The local
bur be rs' union is expected to take a
hand in the race war, while Gould
bas tho, backing o' all tho other ue
gibes of the city.
Meanwhile Pittsfield barbers look
and tremble before they speak ano
call out "Next!" In a subdued tone ot
ri;.ing Inflection._
DiHiii?8flO(l fron) Service.
Capt. R. M. Hitch, who was In
charge of the the troops at States
boro, Ga., on the occasion of tho re
cent h m iling and burning of the ne
groes Heed and Cato hus been dismiss
ed from roi thor service In the martial
was approved by Gov. Torrell. In ad
dition to dismissing Capt. Hitch, the
verdict contains the following recom
inondations: Lieut L. A. Mell, who
was lu charge of the camp while Capt
Hitch was at tho court house, ls sus
pended for ot.e yt ar and is to be pub
licly reprimanded. Lieut. Griner, who
was in charge of tho reserves and who
left his command without authority,
is to be publicly reprimanded. Lleuts.
Come and Morrison were acquitted.
Tho finding of tho court ma-.tial ls
tho result of a trial which was held lo
Savannah, Col. Clifford L. Anderson
of Atlanta being president of the
court. The most careful Inquiry lute
tho facts surrounding the lynching of
the two negroes was made, the hear
big lasting nearly two woks.
Th ru? i'rjtiuniuu tvi.leti.
In a roar-end collision on the Cleve
land Pittsburg Rtllroad near Alliance
Wednesday morning a ' fireman,
messenger and a breakman were kill
ed. Several oars wjre wrecked and
ono other brakeman was injured.
HOW IT STANDS.
What tho Republican* ' and Domo?
cram Olnlm in Electoral Vote.
Tbc HepubllcanlNational Commit
tee ofllclally announced last week its
ligures. It gives Roosevelt 290 votes
in tue E'.eotcral College, concedes only
151 to Parker and classes 35 as doubt
ful. Two hundred and thirty-nine)
will elect the next President. Here
are the figures:
'.uUfornia. 10 |
Connecticut. 7
Idaho. 3
Illinois. .27
Indiana. 15 I
Iowa. 131
Kans is. 10
Maine. 6 j
Massa ehuattts. 18
Michigan.14
Munn so'a. ll
Nebraska. 8
New Hampshire. 4
New Jersey. IS
New York.39
North Dakota. 4
Ohio.23
Oregon. 4
Pennsylvania. 34
lt iode Island. 4
South Dakota. 4
Vermont. 4
Washington. 5 |
Wisconsin. 13
Total.290 I
The States olassed as close or doubt
ful are:
"?-w^do._ 5
Delaware. . 3
Maryland.TTTVS^. g
Montana.~">~- _*. 3
Nevada..7?": . Z???3
Utah. 31
West Virginia. 7
Wyoming. 3
Total. . 35
Tnc Brooklyn Eigle liJicuRs the
3 hove cs Imate and claims that Parker
will hivo 230 elec'.O'a! votes in the
electoral coll?ge, which it says is the
figures c-f tho Democratic managers.
Tbc Figle claims that it has been
placed lo pnsession ot the inner facts
upon which th^i demojratto belief is
256 votes for Parker in the electora'
college is based, a'id here sets them
forth. As a mat-erof feb, says the
Eagle, more than 250 v jtes are hoped
for. Wk cousin, it ls held, ls quite
likely ti cast its electoral vote for I
Parker, and there are even hopes cf |
the state of W.tsviir gtoti. Here ls thc
list counted on by the democratic
managers: New Jersey, 12; New
York. 39; Connecticut, 7; Delaware,
3; Maryland 8; West Virginia, 7; In
diana, 15; Montana, 3; Colorado, 5;
Idaho, 3; Wyoming, 3; total 105.
"One hundred and fifty one v.?tes
f the southern states arc conceded
by the ropublicxns to Parker. Add
tihoe to 105 and the result is 250, a
maj rlty ojE 17 ror Parker in tho o A
egc." The demreratic claim, the
Etgle says, is that New Jersay will go |
d?mocratie by 17,000. The indepen
dent vote of the state they claim, is
known to be 00 per cjnt fir Parker.
As to New York state, the claim is
that Parker will carry it by 30,0001
plurality and 00.000 f ir I?erriok, al
though there are enthusiasts who |
cla'.m the state f jr Ilerrlci by 100,000
THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
Ttiey Aro Certain of Ono Hundred
and Sixty-Nino Votca.
The democratio national leaders
consider 109 electoral votes of the 239
necessary to e'.ect Judge Parker
practlcilly won. El^hhtv-four votes
thy.consider are in the balance
Obairman Taggart, James M. Gjf?y,
of Pennsylvania; ox-Senator James
Smith, of New Jersey, and ot'aers,
db.eus?.ed the bituation at length at
Mr. Gully's rooms in the Holland
House Thurday. Mr. GutTey, who has
large oil interests In Wot Virginia,
IB sponsor, in exjunction with Henr>
G. Da\is, for that stale. Mr. GulTey
cold bis conferees that if the election
./.ere held now, West Virginia would
g i democratic. Mr. Bryan ls making
-pt eches tbere now, and by constant
. Hort for a fort night it is hoped the
s ate eau be held ia the democratic
column. Word of a siml ar nature
was received from Senator Gorman
regarding Maryland. There ls not
believed to be as much chance for the
republicans carrylug that state as
West Virginia, whatever course is
pursued from now cn. The other
slate of which the democrats feel as
suroil is Nevada, with Its three elec
toral votes. The solid South, Mary
land, West Virginia and Nevada
make 109 electoral votes, just 70 le s
than ls ntce.-siry to elect. Tr.ere are
eight slates, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Delaware, Colorado,
Montana, Indiana and Wisconsin,
having a total of 97 electoral votes
from which they hope to obtain the
nquialte 70. Of these, New York,
Coloraco, Montana and New Jersey
look promising, if sufllclent money ls
available for whirlwind effort. In
Indiana, Djlaware and Connecticut
tho situation is almost as
bright. Wisconsin is deemed a long
chance. The inslped republican es
timates give Wyoming and Utah as
doubtful, but Chairman Taggart be
iieves the rcbnblicaus conceded Utah
as doubtful bocauso they didn't want
tu be placed lu the position of claim
ing the Mormon vote. From persons
wno ha\e cm versed privately with
Judge Parker, lt is learned that the
candidate feels sanguine of election.
He thinks the trend is in his favor
and sultlclcntly strong to reverse con
dillons by Novcmbor 8.
Wanta HeywarQ io Resign.
Thc Greenville news received Fri
day night a copy of a letter to Gover
nor Hey ward, signed by 112 citizens
of Oconec cou.ity, asking for his resig
nation in view of his course In the
Hoyt Hayes murder c. so. In declin
ing to publish the petition the Green
ville Nows, which has held that
Governor Heyward blundered, urges
lao citizens not to pursue such a
course for thc reason that tl o gover
nor was undoubtedly conscientious in
what he did. Tuc feeling In Ojonee,
while sharply divided, is bitter, many
? people believing strongly in the guilt
of Hayes. In a persona1, note to the
editor the signers ot tho letter say
that lt has already been malled to the
governor.
NO MIXING ALLOWED.
White Soldier Who Manied Negress
Dieinissed From Army.
APPEALS TO THE PRESIDE?T.
Gen. Fred. Grant Recommended
the Man's Discharge for the
Good of the Military
Service.
A dispatch from Washington to Tb*
State says President Roosevelt is faoo
to face with the negro problem in ona ..
uf its ugliest phase?. Private John
Smith of tbe United States army
hospital corps, stationed at. For!
Motte, N. J., has married a negress,
dis commanding officer, Surgeon
Sballeuberger, bas recommended his
dismissal. The commanding officer
of the post refused to endorse this
recommendation. It was approved,
however, by the surgeon general.
Smith's plea is that If the constitu
tional commander in chief thinks a
negro good enough to eat with he
should not object^to a private In the
army mari y lng a negress. Smith Is a
white. The war department ls en
deavoring to sidetrack the case till
after elections.
A dispatch from Washington says
the surge m general of the army has
concurred io the recommendation of
Gen. Grant that John T. Smith, a
member of the United States army
hospital corps, stationed-' at Foit
Mott, N. J., who is said to have mar
ried a negress, be discharged- from
the army, "for the good of the ser
vice."
-tCbis recommendation has been for
warded to-toe Secretary of War for his
action. Smith.wftfljttsto the War De
partment inquiring if ^b?e\? was s?/"-^
ftusou why he should not ba permitted
to marry a negro woman, setting
forth that her charaoter was good,
ind that he [could cs'ablisha good
character for himself by his record.
A special to.-The Baltimore Sun
from Salem, N.J., tells ot the case as
follows: Soldiers at Fort Mott} are
awaiting with interest to see what ac
tion President Roosevelt will take in
connection with the marriage of John
T. Smith, a member of the hospital
jrors, attached to the Forty-second
Company, coast artillery, and Sarah
Wolfert, a Southern Maryland ne
gress.
Smith's discharge was called for by
Hospital Surgeon Sparrenbergar, as
soou as he learned that tho wedding
uad taken place, but Smith refused
to sever his connection with bis oum
pany. At the time that he was rep
rimanded by his superior Smith ls
said to have declared that according
to the 14th amendment to the Con
stitution all persons are free and
equal.
"If President R >osove?t sat au a
table with a negro," Smith ls reported
to have said, "it is my right to wed
the girl of my choice, regardless of
creed O? color."
Smith's refusal to resign and his de
claration that he would jiofc do So un
til bis case had been passed upon by
tbe highest authorities was the cause
of several conferences among the offi
cers of Fort M itt. B dog unable to
decide the case for themselves, it was
de.cided that the matter should be
submitted to President R ?osevelt.
I As soon as Pest Surgeon Sparren
j berg was satisfied that Smith was
j married to the negress he communi
cated with Gen. Fred. D. Grant, com
mander of the department of the east,
lu this letter the post surgeon object
ed to having attached to his corps a
man with a negro wife. He said there
was much indignation among the ar
tillerymen over the affair, and wound
up by requesting that Smith be dis
charged.
Ln the meantime Smith write to
Secretary Moody for bis decision.
About the same tim ?, so the report ls
here, Gen. Grant referred the post
surgeon's communication to the Sec
retary of War. Now the whole mat
ter has been referred to the President
for adjudication.
The President's finding ls feverlsh
I ly awaited at Fort Mott.
Back of the wedding is a story dat
ing from the, Spanish-American war.
Smith then was a member of the Six
teenth Indiana, stationed in Cuba and
was stricken with yellow fever. He
was ordered to Camp Wyckoff, New
York. For two months he hovered
between life and death and the ne
gress, a member of the Volunteer Red
Ciois Society, nurse! him faithfully.
A sh >rt courtship followed and Smith
was ordered to Fort Mott, about eight
miles from the city.
Letters followed and Smith's form
er nurse came to Salem on September
20, where tuoy were married. O.ily a
fe.v of Smith's soldier friends attend
ed thc wedding, and the matter was
kept very quiet.
Merchants With i'arkor.
Democrats aro surprised at the Par
ker and Davis sentiment manifested
among the business men of Now York
In the past few days. There bas been
nothing like lt In the history of the
pirty, unless it was In the campaign
of 1892, when Cleveland and Steven
son received the bulk of tl e support
of the busln ss men. Some of the
business men's Parker organizations,
which have been cifeoted in the past
three days, are tho ColTee exchange
and the Downtown Merchants' Par
ker and Davis Club and the Printers'
Parker and Davis Club, willoh em
bracis nearly every prominent printer,
publisher and book manufacturer In
New York; the Jewelers' Parker and
Davis Ohio, the Washington Market
Parkerand Davis Club, the Wholesale
Wine and Liquor Trado Parker and
Davis Club.
Threw Lamp itt Woman,
At New York Mrs. Nellie Mc
Carthy was burned to death at 247
Bast Sixty-second street and Mrs.
Annie Martin is under arrest, charged
with homicide. The tragedy is said
to have resulted from a quarrel be
tween the two w. men over the respec
tive merits of their husbands. Annie
Martin, who ts only 22 years old, ad
mitted t hat she had Hung the lamp In
the other woman's face. The lamp
struck tho unfortunate woman square
ly, breaking into fragments, and de
luging her clothes with burping oil.
Mic- died soon after.